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"J. Clarke" > wrote in message
in.local...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> "gloria.p" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 9/23/2011 9:12 AM, Steve Freides wrote:
>> >> prettymoira wrote:
>> >>> I wanna be a chef and put up my own fine dining restaurant. I love to
>> >>> bake and cook good food so I'm planning to go back to school and take
>> >>> culinary arts. Any ideas anyone?
>> >>
>> >> Yes - don't.
>> >>
>> >> -S-
>> >
>> > That's a valid reply, but you need to tell her some of the reasons WHY.
>> >
>> > gloria p
>>
>> I'll give some good reasons. Most people's ideas of being a "chef" have
>> to
>> do with what they see on television and very little to do with real life.
>> Loving to cook and cooking to LIVE are two totally different things. You
>> don't walk out of a cooking school and open a restaurant that will
>> immediately take off. Most restaurants fail in the first year or two,
>> even
>> if they have very good food. It's an overwhelming business and takes
>> 24/7
>> devotion. Don't plan on having a life outside the restaurant.
>>
>> As if that weren't enough, think about the financial outlay (school
>> aside)
>> for renting a building or space that is adequate and up to code for
>> housing
>> a restaurant. Think about equipping a professional kitchen, not to
>> mention
>> decking out the dining room. (Want to take over a failed restaurant
>> space?
>> Think about why it failed.) There are licenses, hiring and vetting the
>> staff, paying wages and insurance and worker's compensation... I could go
>> on
>> and on but there are MANY reasons
>
> Being your own boss sounds wonderful until you've actually done it and
> found out how much _work_ it is.
>
> Besides, if she wants to put up her own restaurant, she'd do better to
> go to business school and learn how to manage and market it--that's the
> part that most small business owners fall down on.

I agree completely! Even if she wants to also run the kitchen, she'd better
be able to figure out the accounting and keep track of the books. Or hire a
good accountant. It's not enough to say "I wanna be a chef", open a
restaurant and live happily ever after. It's a lot of hard work and a major
investment. I sure wouldn't want to do it. And I do love to cook: )

Jill